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020 _a9781446287378
040 _arda
_beng
_cMSU
_erda
050 _aHQ1061
100 1 _aPickard, Susan
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aAge studies :
_ba sociological examination of how we age and are aged through the life course /
_cSusan Pickard.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bSage,
_c2016.
300 _aix, 298 pages
_c20 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aChapter 1: Age Studies: What is it and why do we need it? -- Chapter Two: Class stratification and age -- Chapter Three: Gender Studies as a Paradigm for Age Studies -- Chapter Four: Constructing and deconstructing ages and stages of the life course -- Chapter Five: Identity and age -- Chapter Six: Age and Embodiment -- Chapter Seven: Sexuality through the life course -- Chapter Eight: Health, illness and normality through the life course -- Chapter Nine: Representing Ages and Stages -- Chapter Ten: Ages and Generations in interaction -- Chapter Eleven: Telling our own stories: Developing age consciousness and authentic age identities -- Chapter Twelve: Concluding Thoughts -- References.
520 _aAge Studies takes an invigorating approach to the study of age and ageing in contemporary society. Encompassing ageing throughout the life course, taking in childhood, adolescence, mid-life and older age, and situated explicitly within a sociological disciplinary framework. --
_cprovided by publisher.
650 0 _aAging.
650 0 _aAging
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aAging
_xResearch.
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